The Sun. — London, England, 1838-12-18 00:00:00

NIGH ~VATFR.7T7,;7a/.7I7ITDGE TO-MO ROW ic,rl- ) i n inntes :vening minutes after 4 THE BRITISH WAX CANDLE, SOAP, AND OIL COMPANY. Capital 100,0001., in 10,000 Shares of 101. each. Deposit 2/. per Share—Premium 1/. Applications for Shares and Prospectuses to be made (if by let t Lio er, n- posquarest paid) to th e S o li c i tor, C . M . Ullithorne, Esq., 26, Red T' he publication of THE SUN NEWSPAPER commenced this day at 10 minutes past Three o' Clock. 4 0 4 Zfn WITH WHICH THE , c TRUE SUN " IS NOW INCORPORATED. LONDON: TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 18, 1838. The opening of the Post-office on Sundays is for the present set quite at rest. The Lords of the Trea sury have as great a horror of desecrating the Sabbath, unless it be by Cabinet dinners, as the mercers and grocers, when a strawberry feast at Richmond, or tl turtle blow-out at Blackwell, is not in question. Mr. BARING, the Secretary to the Treasury, as our readers Ire aware, has made an official communication to the gentlemen o f t h e S toc k E xc h ange , o f w hi c h, to ill ustrate Ile great regard which their Lordships have of the due observance of Sunday, we beg leave to repeat one Paragraph ; " I have it in command from their Lordships to acquain You, that they have not and never had in contemplation any London delivery of letters on Sunday. On the contrary, their Lordships have always felt strong objection to such a measure, and they are happy to find from your memorial, as well as other c ommunications, that their opinion is entirely in concurrence With the great body of the mercantile community." At the same time, their Lordships state, that the tran sn srssion of letters which arrive from the country by th e Sunday mails, was recommended by the Commis sioners of Post -office Inquiry in 1837, and their Lordships always considered this recommendation en tirely distinct from a London delivery. Their Lord ships, then, do consider that the Sabbath may be dese crated by sending forward one kind of letters, but not by another. They will give the merchants and dealers who may have country houses at Barnet or Hounslow, an advantage which they refuse to their poorer rivals who cannot migrate beyond St. John's Wood or Finsbury square. If we are correctly informed, however, all the dreaded evils of one tradesman and one merchant ob taining an advantage over another, new actually exist without it being known ; and such bankers and mer chants as are Members of Parliament, or are on good ter ms with the Treasury, possibly understand how t° Profit by the information. They can obtain or transmit letters on the Sabbath. It is well known that the Ministers and heads of departments both receive and send letters on Sunday. What prevents them Ber ying their friends with a Sabbath frank ? or allow. the m lette rs on b us i ness to reac h t heir friends through on Sunday ? A Correspondent informs us, and We Are sure it will duly horrify all those who would ( " e tea 4 l —to borrow their ideas—to sacrifice their ea rest happi ness , ra ther than suffer a neighbour to sa crifice t hi s a l one by a monopoly of opening his let onc the Sunday—a Correspondent informs us :at Mere is a regular Sunday delivery of letters to A l4 e .Government offices, AND ALSO To A FEw "t I RED SPECULATIVE INDIVIDUALS." The v ery thing that is dreaded, the advantage con ferred on a few, now actually exists, but in secrecy , so that lk it cannot b e counterva il e d . H ence no d ou bt the t 01 1 ' 41 success of some few men, which makes them h t e _ eav y of all the bankers, merchants, stock and bill u Kets of th e metropo li s . d"s a l l , the Government is already in the possession of t he 4to advantages of a Sunday delivery for themselves v a f riends—and the long possession of this great ad ntage of the Tories is perhaps the secret source of the s uccess of the city Tories , and of p art of the sse Wealth of which some of their ex-Ministers boast— need not be surprised at my Lords being strictly in e°r dance with the memorialists as to keeping the t o e; "us', little, convenient advantage exclusively t t hemselve s an d friends. Colonel MABERLY , I s h , e , ref°r e, only used the proper and dignified ‘Sh na ge of his office, and of office generally, n he assured the LORD MAYOR that " no mea 4nre ko t8 " infringing on this very useful and va luable tur 4 Poly " should be adopted without the most me wl: deliberation." We certainly know nothing of sa t that use is made of the exclusive Sabbath delivery, aorn that it exists and may be used to the enrichment of meal favoured individuals is enough to strike aghast e h a til e envious wealth-seeking brokers, bankers, and Wen who do not participate in the advantages. e do not affirm that `there is in this Post-office ugh n ess any of the usual humbug and dupery which s eed a .,PPily prevail so extensively amongst us, but we can conceive that the " favoured speculative" few Ul d be at the head of those who cry out against a j iy inl aY deli very . T o us , w h o have steadily opposed the s er Pne ritical cant of the would-be Saints, touching the ()b -ah va nee of t h e S a bb a th, an d who have been zealously to P PY rt ed by sundry good citizens in our opposition tx t 6i r ANDREW'S Sabbath-souring Bills, it seems Ow ludicrous to find our former friends and foe s w t ei joining in one common howl against the Sabba th rig desecrated by a very useful, and even necessary Ord l %l ' Sund a y hallowers and Sunday rovers — thos e li ° expound texts, and those w ho take countr y d lies -s-the c an ti ng hypocrite S—, and the avowed j o b v , er tine and infidel D , who happens also to love ta t Parties, and is tied to business every day but * 4 l' l4 3'lthe careful F—, who would not for the th d that either his wife, or one of his children, ho la stay from Church, and the pleasure - loving G—, hates his wife's piety and insists on taking her sb o a ll her child ren i n t o the country every fine Sunday— se who unless they hear a sermon, and those who sli less they swallow a bottle of port, cannot sleep , hav e rtg e° ' ll bined to cry down the opening of the Post-office, t a de secration h e of the Sabbath. The hypocrites and I n4t eanters are right, and they have turned the fleshly gai ° f the citizens to good account. They h ave Al i n ed i an advantage by the help of their new all ies, eitizes. e s - Mr. PLUMpTRE will profit by. The liberal 4 1 . 111 have kept the Post-office shut, but they hav e i n deu e d hypocrites with a spear, with which they will 0 t ime pierce the side of their Sabbath enjoyment. do te n t his subject led us remind our readers of an anec ,S4l3bwhich app eare d i n our P a p er a few weeks ago. to b ath is not strictly observed in Germany as it is in en 4 m• Letters are delivered and received. Now, Su nday, a steam-boat arrived in Hamburg, and all Pa ss i e " P l e in small boats, and on the shore, greeted the i ll ti gers with the waving of hats and handkerchiefs, th e It e , s , most fri en dly man ner. On a week-day the th Cr- came up the Thames, and she was saluted with wel e . Ne n n 'ne, " Damn you—go to hell !" Are the Ik t4ria r _ s and th e mora li ty o f t h e r igid or of the lax Sab ns most beautiful ? That It a : t Part of M r . J. B. S MIT H'S speech, in the li'lli c "h enest er Chamb er o f Commerce, on Thursday, Pel a "fortunat e l y (lid not reach us on Saturday. was oth e :P s the more important. It contains atnongst of tho us eful information, this account of the destru ction Ato:t°cking manuf ac t or y a t N o ttingham t 44er article which we were losing th© supply of was cotton hosiery ; for not only was Saxony manufacturing as large a quantity as ourselves, but while we exported only 430,000 dozen pair, they exported 1,500,000 dozen pair per annum. The Saxons supplied cs much cotton hosiery to the United States alone as we did to all the weal. Ile held in his hand a beautiful specimen of their manufactures of white cotton gloves, which cost only 3s. 6d. per dozen at Ham burgh. He held in his hand also another specimen of gloves of foreign manufacture, and one of similar quality of the manufacture of this country, but while the price of the English goods was 6s. per dozen, those of the Saxon manufacture were purchased at Hamburgh for 3s. 2d. per dozen. He had before him an other specimen of beautiful silk stockings of Saxon manufac ture which at Hamburgh sold for 12s. 4i-d. per dozen, chile the stockings of the same quality of English manufacture which he held in his hand could not be had for less at Not tingham than 239. per dozen. It was a lamentable fact, that Saxon hosiery and gloves were now regularly imported and sold in this country at lower prices than they can be made here, and will undoubtedly shortly entirely destroy this large branch of our manufactures.—( Hear, hear.) Now he would put it to any gentleman whether foreign competition was a farce after the statement of facts such as these.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") Could there be a doubt of the pernicious effects of laws which enabled the Saxons thus to undersell us in the manufactured article, the raw material for which they purchased in the same market as ourselves--(Cheers)—and when it was recollected that the yarn was spun in England, taken there for the purpose of being converted into goods, which were brought back again, after a land carriage of nearly 700 miles, and sold at the low rates he had already quoted. He could not but think that after statements like these, the meeting would agree with him it was the duty of this Cham ber to speak in a more decided tone to the Legislature.— ( Hear, hear.) We are able to confirm some of these statements. We know that our own merchants buy Saxon hose to export to some of our own colonies, the Cape of Good Hope, for example, because they are cheaper than Nottingham hose. Thus we are at all the ex pense of maintaining the garrisons and the government of our colonies, which, owing to our Corn-laws, are fast becoming markets for the produce of other nations' industry to the exclusion of that of our own people. Yet some sapient scribes describe the Corn-laws as the encouragement and protecticu of native industry. The decay of the Nottingham hosiery receives a painful confirmation from a paragraph which we find in the Spectator, and which distinctly connects pauperism and distress, through this decay, with the Corn-laws:— When the Poor-law Commissioners, last autumn, sanctioned a recurrence to out-door relief in the Nottingham Union, they substantially admitted, that in times of great and gene ral difficulty the law could not be executed with safety to the public. The inhabitants of Nottingham raised 4,0001. in private subscriptions to support the unemployed operatives; but that sum was speedily exhausted, and Mr. Gulson, the Assistant Commissioner, recommended that the rule prohibit ing out-door relief to the able-bodied should be relaxed. Time destruction of the hosiery manufacture, caused 4,0001. to be raised in charity for the distressed stocking-weavers, and broke through the new Poor law. When such ruin is the consequence of the Corn-laws, can we be surprised at learning from Mr. J. B. SMITH, that Mr. POULETT THOMSON, by not speaking decidedly, has not given satisfaction to the people of Manchester on this point : Nothing was more unsatisfactory to him (Mr. Smith) than the late interview of Mr. 'ltalica Thomson with the directors of the Chamber of Commerce. He happened to be present at that interview, and he could not but notice the invariable reply which Mr. Thomson gave to every question of monopoly brought under his notice—" It is a very important, but it is a very difficult question."—( Hear and laughter, and applause.) True, it was difficult to reconcile monopoly with free trade, and the same difficulty would exist to the end of time.— (Laughter.) But had not Mr. Huskisson greater diffi culties to contend with when lie first broached the principle of free trade? What a mass of ignorance, interest, and preju dice was arrayed against him. No wonder that at that time people were startled at the sweeping changes about to be in troduced into the protective policy which had existed for ages; but far different was the case now ; we had had thirteen years' experience of the effects of free trade, and when we looked at the benefits which free trade had conferred upon the country, we ought to demand tie extension of it to every branch of our agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. With much to encourage him, Mr. THOMSON falls far behind Mr. HUsKIssoN in his endeavours, which are remarkably feeble, to put an end to monopoly. He will not even grapple with the Devil's laws. But evi dence against the Corn-laws is pouring in amongst us from every point. The Chronicle of this day contains an account of some thieves, supposed to be about ten, who broke into a farmer's barn near Salisbury, and winnowed and carried off seven sacks of wheat, on the 30th ult., without being detected. On which our Contemporary remarks : The cool way in which the thieves took possession of the barn, and winnowed and removed the corn of Mr. Jeffrey, is the natural result of the inadequacy of the wages of the la. bourers to obtain for them the means of subsistence at the present high price of corn. The labourers have nothing to do with making the laws, the laws are made by the landlords; but they have something to do with obeying the laws, and.they will consider their ability to be subsisted by their labour as the condition on which they are to'give their obedience. It is dangerous to drive men to extremities. The landlowners may rest assured that they may force up their price of corn by the monopoly, but that when the price exceeds the measure of the ability of the people to pay, the corn will be taken without payment. There is no reasoning with hunger. And there is this mischief in driving people to violate the law, that the habit remains when the necessity ceases. We once remember hearing Lord BROUGHAM say it was first necessary to make the law loved, and then it would be respected. But who can either love or re spect a law, which starves a score of men to enrich one—which annihilates a large and important branch of our national industry, to nourish a few idlers in luxury ? As the Chronicle shows, we are now drilling the people, by maintaining a mass of unjust monopolies and starvation laws, into an habitual disobedience to law ; and preparing the way for a complete despotism or a revolution, if we have not both, the latter-named corning first as the herald of despotism. So much do time bulk of the people, agricultural labourers and all, feel themselves aggrieved and injured by a multitude of noxious and starving laws, that they are losing all re spect for our institutions, which, wanting popular support and being founded neither in reason nor prescription, will some fine day, as the sailors say, like those of France, go by the board. The stupid landowners are obviously, by the excessive loads they have laid on industry, breaking the back of our national greatness, and the ruin will in the end fall heaviest on them. If the Rev. EBENEZER Mounts, or those who, taking up the cause of intolerance and oppression, attempt to justify his unchristian conduct, imagine that they shall be able to screen him from the public odium which he has so justly incurred, they will find themselves grievously mistaken. EBENEZER Mc)Ritts has obtained a niche in the temple of persecution from which it will be impossible to dislodge him. A letter signed " VERIVERBIEJM," intended to palliate the cruel proceedings of this pious ecclesiastic in the case of JOHN JAMES, appeared in The Sun of Thursday. The writer professes to supply some facts connected with that case, which he alleges had been omitted by our Correspondent at Carmarthen. And what are those mighty facts that are to alter the com plexion of this atrocious business, and convert a cruel persecutor into a meek and holy minister of CIIRIST ? Let us see if, instead of improving the position in which this double-beneficed successor of the Apostles, who earned their living by the labour of their hands, has placed himself, they do not rather make had worse, by turning him out of the frying-pan into the fire. The apologist of MORRIS lays great stress upon the circumstance that he, the said Mounts, sent several Inessages to Join.; JAMES, desiring him to attend Church, before he comme,nced spiritual proceedings against him. Now, MORRIS well knew before he sent those messages that JotiN JAMES was a Dissenter, that it was contrary to his principles to attend the worship of the Church, and that he would not attend that ig Q rship. lle knew, moreover, that it had neve r been the pracii.c,t of the Dissenting Churchwarden of Llaneliy, since the custom of selecting one of the Churehwordeus from among the p 4 :E ;e ptin g parishion ers—who, by t h e bpi, are nine-tenths ,of the whole jaPpber—first originated, t, - ...7.v.rtid the Church service. It wag, ,therefore, a piece of hypo.44ical mockery in this pious pluraiis;.“: sand such messages to Mr. JAl‘ll. Then, again, it alleged that the usual grace could no longer be extended to the Dissenting Churchwarden, because the presence of that officer was necessary every Sunday to keep order in the Church, frequented as it is by colliers, miners, copper-men, and other la bourers, whose large wages (!) have rendered them rather unruly We do not know what Mr. JAMES'S personal strength may be, or whether it is the business of a Churchwarden to act the part of a policeman, but we think he must be a very extraordinary man if his presence was indispensable to keep the Vicar's numerous and turbulent congregation to their good behaviour, especially as there was another Churchwarden, ap pointed by MORRIS himself, always present. But how comes it that this " necessity" was not sooner perceived ? Why were not former Churchwar dens summoned to the discharge of this part of their duty ? Why was the Vicarial wrath bottled up for an out-pouring on the devoted head of JOHN JAMES ? Were there no miners, colliers, and copper-men in Llanelly till now ? We want an answer to these questions. The defender of MORRIS then asserts that there is no foundation for the statement made by us that the Ecclesiastical Court had fined Mr. JAMES 201. And how does he support this assertion ? He states the expenses saddled on Mr. JAMES, in the different stages of the proceedings against him in the Ecclesi astical Court, as if it mattered whether the fine con sisted of one large sum or several small ones. Tht. citation, says he, cost so much; the monition punished his " obduracy" by an additional expense ; then came a sign/ cavil for his " contumacy ;" and the short of the matter is, that the total amount of expense heaped upon the poor Dissenter by the Ecclesiastical Court, for not attending Church, was 201. 1 ls. 6d. This was the amount which he was called upon to pay by that Court, and for not paying which he was cast into pri son, where, among other enjoyments, he might com• fort himself with the reflection that he had left his wife on a sick-bed, and his family utterly helpless. In what manner, therefore, it sets these tender mercies o EBENEZER IVloulus in a more favourable I;ght that he dribbled them out piecemeal, we do not exactly sec. If JOHN JAMES was unable to pay the original sum demanded by the Spiritual Court, it could not be expected that he would pay it when trebled or qua drupled by successive processes. This was only . adding one oppression to another, heaping torture upon tor ture, in the true spirit of the Inquisition, which, we must do EBENEZER the justice to say, he seems to have imbibed in a plentiful measure. How, then, can our Correspondent say that there is no foundation for our statement about the fine ? Is it not the real and substantial truth, whatever disguise VERIVERBIUM may attempt to throw over the case, that the 201. Ils. 6d. demanded of JAMES is a fine—aye, and a most inquitous one too ? The statement, which — appeared exclusively in The Sun of yesterday, of the arrival in England of a number of prisoners implicated in the re bellion in the Canadas, is confirmed. By an express from Liverpool, we learn that at half-past three o'clock yesterday the packet-ship Captain Ross landed thirty four prisoners at Egremont, in Cheshire, of whom eleven were in irons. They were guarded by Canadian officers of Justice, who as soon as they had landed committed them to the custody of the proper autho rities by whom they were lodged in the borough prison, Liverpool. 'We understand that several batches of these unfortunate men may be expected shortly to arrive in this country for trial ; as there ale many implicated in the late rebellion which the Canadian authorities desire not to subject to the sentence of a Court-martial. The following is a list of those brought here by the Captain Ross, and now in gaol in Liverpool : LIST OF CONVICTS LODGED IN THE BOROUGH GAOL, LIVERPOOL, THIS AFTERNOON, HAVING BEEN BROUGHT FROM QUEBEC BY THE CAPTAIN ROSS, MORTON, SAILED NOV. 22 : POLITICAL OFFENCES.-John G. Parker (one of the ring. leaders), Alex. M'Leod, J. Malcolm, John Grano, F. J. Mc:quay, Benjamin Platt, John Vernon, N. Melroy, Paul Bedford, James Magone, Samuel Chandler, Leonard Watson, William Reynolds, Jimcs M. Mills, William Almes, Robert Wa:ker, James Gamble, George Wooley, Jacob Berns, Gar.. rett Van Camp, James Brown, and several others. REBELS, &e.—Fr. Farrell, James Lynn, B. O'Hari, Joseph Langley, Joseph Hamel, Joseph Thompson, A. Pro vost, J. Pari, Charles M‘Leod, J. Alm, Baptiste Cadien. In The Sun of to-day will be found the whole of a valuable pamphlet, lately published by the Church_ rate Abolition Society, under the title of " Plain Hints to Rate-payers, respecting the Imposition of Church-rates." The cause of abolition has, we are afraid, suffered in many instances from the want of skill on the part of its advocates to take due advan tage of their position. In the paper to which we have alluded they will find detailed, in a plain and perspicuous manner, the various steps necessary to be taken in resisting the imposition of a Church-rate. We recommend it as a hand-book to the abolitionist. The Society who have drawn it up and published it are entitled to' the thanks of the friends of religious liberty ; and it is in order to aid their praiseworthy exertions as much as in us lies that we have, at some inconvenience to ourselves, (riven it circulation, unabridged, in our columns. The Paris Journals of Sunday are more occupied with the final settlement of the Belgian Question than with any other likely to form a prominent paragraph in the KING'S Speech. Those supposed to speak the language of Ministers most correctly accuse England of having deserted the interests of Belgium, by ap proving of the conditions upon which Russia, Prussia, and Austria were ready to effect a final set- tletnent of the question, with a view to put an end -to disputes equally injurious to the commercial inte rests of the subjects Of WILLIAM and LEOPOLD. No reason is alleged for the pretended indifference of Great Britain to the interests of Belgium, by th e French Journalists. They are content to propagate as a fact a surmise which is without the shadow of a foundation. The representative of France was among the first of the members of the London Conference to specify certain conditions, which, if agreed to, would put an end to every difficulty in the way of a final adjustment. After considerable trouble they were accepted by his colleagues, when suddenly he discovered that his powers were not so ample as to justify him in signing the preliminaries suggested by himself. In this in stance no blame could be attributed to the individual negociator. His personal honour is unimpeachable ; but he was made the dupe of Count MOLE, or rather of the KING. What Louis PHILIPPE'S views were, or are, in postponing the settlement of a question, which a very few months ago he was so desirous of seeing ad justed previous to the .opening of the Chambers, can only be conjectured from the present state of political of the Oppo sition in France. Hi s M AJESTY may w i s h t o ascer tain both the opini ons an d the strength on the tender p o i nt of the con di t i ons a l r eady agreed to by th e P our P owers ; as ot h erw i se the Cabinet might not be a bl e to w i thstand t h e s h oc k of a division upon the address itself. This is the more probable as it was well known, at the opening of the Belgian Chambers, that the Kingof the FiIFNPII iu tentel to reserve for a paragraph in his own speech the announcement of a final sett l ement o f a ll di s putes between Holland and n 1 —e-giurn—,a fact of which we took especial notice at the ti me. But from whatever c e, Louis PHILIPPE, has changed his for mer determination, we w4 h a conviction that the peace of Europe is' in no danger of being disturbed by either of the Princes principally THE SUN ; LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1838. interested in the settlement of this question. Some alarm has been created by the warlike preparations which Belgium is making, and which have roused the Dutch to the necessity of counter demonstrations ; but we are satisfied that there is not at present the slightest real ground for it. We are sorry to state that the recovery of the Duchess ALEXANDER of Wurtemberg, late Princess MARY of Orleans, whose serious illness and removal to Genoa, we recently announced, begins to be con sidered hopeless. Her Royal Highness has been removed from Genoa to Pisa, whither the Duke of NEMOURS set out on Saturday. Her complaint is rapid consumption. The National indignantly complains of the brutality with which a few weeks ago, it was compelled to con tradict a statement, which can no longer be denied nor concealed—namely, the havoc made by scarlet fever and scurvy among the French squadron in the Gulf of Mexico. HAMBURG BORSEN EIALLE, DEc._l4. - Austrian MetaP Bills. Money.iques, 5 per cent. Dit'o ditto 3 percent. Ditto eitto 24 per cent bitto Bank Shares 1474 1,7! A uglo-Russian Loan lO6 105 C, Russian 5 per cents. Metal. Paper Inscription, 6 per cent lt:2; 102 Russimi Inscription, Hope and Co., 3d and 4th Series Ditto, Certificates Portuguese 'Regency Bends, 5 per ce n t — Ditto, 3 per cent Dutch 0,-, rer Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 9:l Polish Bonds, 3 par ten's New Tickets 155 1S Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cents Norwegian Lear, of 1834, 4 per cents. - 101 t, Spanish, in piastres, 3 per Cent ,, Coates Loan, 5 per Cent — Greek 4 par cents. 1833, guaranteed by France _ EXCHANGE'S ON LONDON. HAMRIIRG, DEC. 14.-13 54 ; two months, 13 4 Sr. PETE4SSURGII, DEC. 4.—Three months, 111,y. VIENNA, DEC s.—Two months, o b3; s i. LEIPSIC, DEC. 7.—Two months, 6 14%. —l - lapzburg Papers, Dec. IC. PRUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, Dec. 11. t. Schuld. Sch., 4 per cent Bilis. Money, 103 1024 Prussian English Loan, IR3O, 4 per cent 102 N 1 024 kactiange on London, three inonais 621 —Prussian State Gazette, Due. 12. One of the first acts of General ALAIX'S War Administration is the promulgation of a Royal decree, dissolving the Army of Reserve of 40,000 men, raised, or about to be raised, by virtue of a similar decree of the 23d of October last, the command of which was then bestowed upon General NARVAEZ. The immediate triumph of ESPARTERO is therefore complete ; nor can there be longer a question as to his influence, in what courtesy obliges us to call a Spanish Cabinet. The Journals of the 9th inst., received this morning, communicate no other fact or suggestion worthy of notice. T MARKETS.-(THIS DAY) HUNGERFORD MARKET. To-day there were good supplies of Fish, and increasingly fine shows of Butcher's Meat. Turbot, 7s. to 255. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair'; Lobsters, Is. to 45. each; Cod, 2s. to 10s. each ; Beef, 7id. to 81d. and 9d. ; Mutton, 71d. to Bd. i p n er fa l i b r . s ; up V p e l a y l :a B n d d, ptroic9eisdm. much a Pork, last quoted.k,id.to. Vegetables BILLINGSGATE MARKET. Supplies of all descriptions good, except Turbot, which were dear, the top price being 30s. ; Soles, 9d. to 3s. per pair ; Lobsters, 10d. to 4s. each; Cod, 2s. 6d. to los. and 12s. each; Whiting, 3d. to 60. each; Haddock, sd. to 10d. POTATOE MARKET AT THE WATER-SIDE. The following are the quotations of the prices at this mar ket. York Kids, 100 s. York Reds, 90s. American Natives, 80s. Devons, 803. to 85s. Scotch Reds, 80s. to 85s. Wisbeach, 70s. Kent, Essex, and Suffolk Whites, 70s. to 80s. Jersey and Guernsey Blues, 80s. Whites, 70s. COLONIAL MARKET. To-day we had some rather heavy public sales. Of Sugar 253 hhds. Barbadoes, 2,000 bags Bengal, and 320 hhds. St. Lucia at previous prices; 6,000 bags Ceylon Coffee sold but ;n part, and that flatly; 2,120 bags of St. Domingo Coffee part sold only, t o p p r i ce 45 5. G d . About 300 bags Saltpetre at from 255. to 265. Gd. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DAY DEAL, DEC 17. —Wind S. S. E., moderate.—Arrived and proceeded for the River, the Cores, Ilaselwood, fr( m Deme- rara. Came down from the River and sailed, the Planet, Sherman, for Jamaica; Margaret, Taylor, Tobago; Ar&ty Hall, Ford, Jamaica ; Eliza, Cooper, Rio Janeiro. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Wind E., fine weather.—Arrived the Hope, Adams, from Youghall; Henry, Thomas, Swan sea.; S3bine, Tapper, Bridport. Sailed the Triumph, Green, for Cape and Bombay ; Le Victorine, Le Feuvre, Cherbourg. PLYNIOUTII, DEC. 17.—Wind E.—Arrived the Adelaide steamer, from Dublin ; Hercules steamer, London; Elen thoria, Wheatly, Quebec. Sailed the Montrose, Tessier, for Swan River; Elizabeth, Lisbon. Put b ac k, t h e Bella 'An.. twain, Saragossa, for London. —Sailed FA the s rmourit,DEC. Is6c fo 16. —Fresh Trinidad.breez es from the Eastward. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 17.—Wind S. E., and fine.—Arrived the Albion, from Miramichi ; Union, Ostend; Eleonore, Ata'ick, do. ; Little Catherine, Williams, Demerara ; Captain Ross, Moreton, Quebec; Promise, do. ; Liverpool, Godfrey, do. Sailed the Caroline, Sullivan, for New South Wales ; Moun taineer, Williams, Jamaica ; Dalhousie C as tl e , M urray, De merara ; Herman, Baltimore ; Emma Brown, Ferguson, Oporto. RAmsoArE, DEC. 17.—Arrived off port the Henrietta, from Rotterdam. _ YARMOUTH, DEC 17.—Arrived the St. Jacques, from Gra volincs ; Favourite, Fidder, For amb. Sailed the Foxhound, Bells, for Venice ; Iris, Scott, Leghorn. CLYDE, DEC. 16.—Arrived the Jean Heslie, from Demerara; Monarch, Douglas, Quebec. LIMERICK, DEC. 15.—Arrived the Julia, Beckford, from Prince Edward's Is!and ; Eleanor, Oake, London. REDCAR, DEC. 16.—The Pegasus (steamer), c oc k, f rom Leith to Hull, ran on the rocks of this place this mo'rning but has got off with damage and leaky, and p roceede d f O r , Hartlepool. ARDROSSAN, DEC. 6.—Two casks of tallow, and two puncheons of palm oil, were picked up in the River St. Law rence, by the Warner, Crawford, arrived here f rom B at h urst, whence she sailed 26th October. SALcosinE, Dac. 17.—Arrived off port Adder, St. Michael's. MILFORD, DEC. 16.—Sailed the Mary Marsden, Williams, for Trieste. HULL, DEC. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived the Rossetta, King, from Rotterdam: s.C7ORKT DEC. 15.—Arrived the Coquette, Sandus, from Newfoundland ; Atalanta, Sale, Prince Ethwrd's Island. S C ARI3OROUGIS, DEC. 16.—Arrived the Guardian, March, f rom Quebec. PENZANCE, DEC. 16.—Arrived off port the Renovation, skeicalf; from Quebec ; 1 1, 1en , devpale, D awson, Charente; Phoenix, , em ° Sundsvall; m a; Providence sailed, Brown,Q ue b ec . B RIS TOL, DEc. 17.--Arrived the E m il y, Coster, from De merara; }lope, Newfoundland ; Ly nx , C ockrell, Cadiz Wanshalcen, Wyburg. Sailed the Willia m W a ll s, Pike, for Jamaica; Catherine, Grenada; Anne, S m i t h , Trinidad; H u t c hinson, Wakcham, Jamaica ; Ad e l a id e, D anvel, St. Vin cent's; North Briton, James, Smy rna . n Ist N A a u s g s n ; Star, MrnAstrent, Nov. 17.—The Silkworth, Meldrom, from Sunderland to Quebec, which was on shore in Shippegan Gully, bas been got off and brought into port, where she has been examined and repaired. The Queen Victoria, Davison, arrived here 30th ult. from Liverpool, with loss of fore and maintop masts, boats, bulwarks, &c., damaged, having been struck by a sea; has been repaired, taken in her cargo, and will sail to-morrow. The Royalist, Ashbridge, from Miramiehi, is supposed to be arrived off Beaumaris. At Bow -street yesterday morning there were on the police sheet upwards of 70 night ch - arges, and all cases either of drunkenness or trifling offences arising from the vicious propensity for ardent spirits. CLOSING SHOPS.--We are glad to observe, that, with few exceptions, the shops are now closed at eight o'clock in the evening ; and we have no doubt that all the shopkeepers will conform to this excellent rule.—Liverpool Albion. CURIOUS DECLARATION.—The following is a copy, verbatim et literatim, of a declaration tendered on Wednesday, befor e the illagistrate , :. The words within inverted commas distikwish the written declaration from the printed form, of which it formed a continuation :—I, , of Liverpool, in the county of Lancashire, in the United Kingdo m of Great Britain and Ireland, " labour," do solemnly and sincerely declare, that " I are in my peesion a Prair Book with my fathers ocrightino• in it which shoes that i was Born on the 27 Day of March 1802 i believe somwar e in the County of Cent but i Donot know wheave. and that a s i e m r t a i n k e B t e h n i s ifi sla t o s o ni de e t 3, c o li r t.r e L a t o i a d to of E o dnd fellows." In the corner of the declaration a witty func tionary wrote, " The declarant is well entitled to be an odd fellow. —LiperpoolCbronick, The Alarquis and Marchioness of Downshire and Lady Charlotte Hill arrived at their seat, Easthampstead Park, 13erks, on Friday last, from a visit to Lord Sandys, at QtahorsleY Court, Worcestershire. SALE OF SILK GLOVES.—A rapid improvement has taken place in this branch of Nottingham business, the hosiers holding out hopes that an advance of Gd. per dozen IA id be made . to the workmen in the course of next month. The ribbed-top hands have obtained an increase of ouu halfpenny per dozen in their wades, COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) GOULD V. OLIVER-IMPORTANT SHIPPING CASE. Sergeant WILDE spoke this morning in reply—(the evidence on both sides having been gone into yester day). The Learned Sergeant urged that a heavy deck-cargo must be extremely prejudicial to the safety of the vessel, especially in the winter season (in which season the ship in question sailed). And he con tended that no custom could be legal and binding which tended to endanger the lives of the passengers. And as to the alleged consent, why the plaintiff had nothing to do with the lading the vessel ; all that he did was, to con tract for the goods being carried ; and ev e n if hi s ware houseman had agreed to the timber being carried on deck, that could not bind his principal. But, however that went, it was the constant practice of ship-owners to make up for losses sustained at sea. The Learned Judge was upwards of two hours summing up. The question was, he said, whether deck cargoes were bad and improper ; that is, whether it had a tendency to increase the perils of navigation. The Jury retired, and on their return found a verdict for the plaintiff on both issues—Damagcs 10/. 9s. Although the damages were small, the question decided —the illegality of deck cargoes—excited great interest in the commercial world. Many eminent ship-owners, among them Mr. A. Chapman, M.P., were in Court. CRIMINAL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Frederick Dawson Bundock, a young man of very re• spectable appearance, was indicted under a vast number o! aliases, for stealing two coats, the property of Wm. Miers, from the house of Mr. Kemble, Manor-place, in the parish of St. Mary, Newington. Mr. CLARKSON stated the case to the Jury. He said he apprehended that if he proved the case as it was represented in his brief, the prisoner had stolen this property under cir cumstances of so atrocious a nature, that, if guilty, he de served no mercy. The prisoner had got acquainted with the daughter of the Kembles ; he called there one day, and sent out the father and mother upon some frivolous errands, and then absconded with the property named as well as the daughter. He had, however, done them even a worse ser vice since, in marrying their daughter, who was yet merely a child. He then called Mrs. Kemble, wife of Wm. Kemble, who kept a chant]. ler's-shop, at No. 1, Manor-place, Walworth. In July the prisoner called to offer some cigars for sale, and called very frequently after. Finding that he was taking much notice of her daughter, she asked what it was he wanted ; he said he wanted her daughter. Witness said she would like to know what he was, and who were his parents. He said he was in the Custom -house at a salary of from 1001. to 1501. a-year, and his father lived in Canterbury-plcce, close by, and he said he would bring him up. He did bring up a person who said he was the father of the young man, that he was in the Custom-house, and would soon rise to a situation of 4001. Upon this he was received in the character of a lover. On the 18th of August he came and sent Mr. Kemble out with a letter, and witness to Mr. Weiland's, for a watch-key. 'When she came back he and her daughter were reading a book. When it came near night the young man asked if they might go out and take a walk, and she allowed them. She never gave him leave to take anything belonging to Miers, who was not a lodger, but came there when he liked, as she had known him from his birth. Cross-examined by Mr. CHAMBERS.—Miers's father lived in the Blackfriars-road. It was half-an-hour's walk from Manor-place. He kept the clothes in her house for the purpose of dressing when he was goitre. out. She had another lodger, a Mrs. Reid, who occupied one room. Her husband did not always live with her•because they had mar ried without the uncle's consent. Miers might sometimes have gone to Mrs. Reid's room to ask how she was. He never slept there. Her daughter was not yet seventeen. One day she went down to Greenwich along with Mrs. Reid ; they were accompanied by two gentlemen in a chaise. She did not know who they were. They called at the shop on a fancy fair-day, and made the proposal. 'Witness gave her daughter into the charge of Mrs. Reid, and had no fear. They did not return till after 9 o'clock. Wm. Miers said he was an apprentice to a tailor in Black friars-road. He liept a box of clothes at Kemble's, and the coats and waistcoat produced were his property, and had been tzicen from the box. Coss-examined—H e had a brother of the name of John ; he also kept clothes in Kemble's. They kept them there because their father would not allow them to keep so many clothes. He had bought the cloth for one of the coats, and bought the others from second-hand dealers. The coats were his property. He had seen the prisoner per haps three times in Kemble's ; he had never found him (witness) in Mrs. Reid's room. He might have seen him with Mrs. Reid, but where he did not know. H e had never slept in Kemble's house, nor had he ever found him self early in a morning in Mrs. Reid's room. He had not every night slept at his master's ; he might have been in places he would not like to tell of. Emmanuel North, in the service of Field, a pawnbroker in the Borough, said the prisoner pledged the two coats pro duced on the 18th instant for 11. 125., in the name of John Kenny. Cross-examined.—One of the coats was taken out by Mrs. Kemble, and she desired the ticket for the ono that re mained to be made out in her own maiden name, in order to save the property from the prisoner. Mr. CHAMBERS addressed the Jury for the prisoner, and called upon them from the foregoing evidence to believe that the Kembles were persons who were making a property of their daughter by allowing her to take trips to Green wich and other places ; and that they had row got up this conspiracy after finding that the prisoner had married the young woman, and that he had deceived them as to his situation in life. They wanted to transport him for the Purpose of recovering their daughter at her most valuable age. He contended that the Jury could put no faith in the evidence produced. The Learned RECORDER summed up, and the Jury, after a consultation of a quarter of an hours' duration, returned a verdict of Guilty. An officer proved that in January, 1838, he had the prisoner in custody for stealing a coat. He was convicted in the name of Frederick Mason. The Jury then with drew the recommendation of mercy they had given pre viously. Mr. CLARKSON said, the Jury having found their verdict, he found it his duty to state the facts which had now been found out respecting the prisoner. In 1835 he was tried, convicted, and sentenced to transportation ; it was commuted to three:years' imprisonment in the Penitentiary. That imprisonment expired in December, 1837, or January, 1838, and in that month of January he was again convicted and sentenced to six months' imprisonment, which had not more than a month expired, when he intro duced himself to these poor unfortunate Kembles, and yet Lis Learned Friend was instructed to say that they had inveigled the " poor unfortunate" young man, and to impute to them a foul conspiracy to ruin him, It was most infamous. The conviction of 1835 was proved. The sentence of the Court was, that the prisoner be transported for life. There were other two indictments against the prisoner. NEW COURT. Mary Sullivan pleaded guilty of having stolen a quilt and a variety of other articles, the property of a person named Wm. Swift. The COURT said the offence was one of an aggravated nature ; and as the prisoner was so well known, the sen tence as, that she be transported for seven years. Win. Moore, who Rleaded guilty of pocket-picking, was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to bard labour in the House of Correction for six months. Benjamin Miles was sentenced to three months' hard labour for having stolen a pair of boots, the property of his mistress, Clara Collyer. Jane Brown, who pleaded guilty of having stolen balf-a pound of tea, the property of Mr. Wm. Marshall, was, in consequence of the good conduct which she has evinced since her committal, sentenced to an imprisonment of only four days in Newgat e . Philip Child was convicted of having, on the 25th May, embezzled 3/. 155., the property of John Leach, her master, and sentenced to be imprisoned for six months. ROBBERY BY A P ATROL. - -Wni. Harvey, one of the city patrol, was charged with having stolen Sib, of cocoa and ilb. of tea, the property of Charles Butler Harris. It appeared" that the prisoner went into .the shop of Mr. Harris, in Nicholas-lane, King William -street, and obtained from a boy in the shop the articles in question, telling him that his master would not miss them. The prisoner, in his defence, denied the charge, and stated that the boy told him he Was in partnership with Mr. Harris, and actually forced the things pocket ! He bad been a soldier 20 years, and never did into his anything wrong before. The Jury returned a ';;rd'ict o f G u ilty. Mr. Ser geant ~..,e4 n IN said that it was a most aggra vat4 bffekioa fora n officer of justice, whose duty it was to piote . ct the p u bli c, to seduce a young man to rob his master. The oficnce was so b a 4 that the Court must The question in this case was one of very great impor tance to the mercantile interest. The action was brought to recover damages against a ship-owner 'for throwing over some timber shipped by plaintiff from Canada. The defend. ant alleged that it was justified by stress of weather. To this plaintiff rejoined that the vessel was improperly laden, the timber having been placed on deck. The defendant affirmed that this was the usual custom, and that it wa s done with the consent and knowledge of the plaintiff. The issues were taken on these pleas, the plaintiff contending that the custom was improper • and illegal, and that he did not consent to it. • BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAVI, TWELVE O'CLOCK.. LIVERPOOL, MONDAY.—Thirty-four state prisoners, eleven of whom were heavily ironed, were this day - landed - from the Captain Ross, from Quebec, and conveyed to the borough gaol. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET. —The demand for Cotton ' to-day has been to a moderate extent, the sal es b e i ng 0 ,500 ba g s, a t Friday' s quotat i ons. We have received a Penang Gazette to the Ist of July. . The following are extracts : The transport barque Star, which left us on the 3d inst. for Madras, with a detachment of the 48th Regiment, returned into our harbour on Saturday evening last, in consequence of an accident that befel her shortly after clearing Acheen Head. " By private letters from Singepore we are happy to learn that we may expect to have the pleasure of the ar rival of the Honourable the Governor here in a few days, in the steamer Diana." COMMERCIAL REMARKS. IMPORTS FROM EUROPE. Cotton :vlanuractures.—Th ere have been undry importa tions from Sing a p ore d ur i ng the week, and the demand con tinues to improve. illetuls.—lron English 132.ro—Scarce and wanted, of size from i to i-inch steel ; 30 boxes have been sold at 6-1 dollars per box. Marine Stores.—Canvas,, —Small stock and cordage, sma ll s i ze, i n moderate inquir current y and scarce. T ar —our high pr i ces are fully supported. Beer, Wine, and Spirits.—The only news we heard i s a sa l e o f 4,000 gallons common French brandy. have This article has an extensive sale, chiefly for the consump tion of the Chinese and for shipment to Munlenain. Exchange on London.—Navy and Treasury Bills, 3s. to 4s. Id. per dollar ; Private Bills, with local indorsements, G months, at 43. 2d. Calcutta Government Bills, 30 days, at 215 per 100 dollars. THE FUNDS. Up to the present time there is no business doing either in the British or Foreign Markets, nor is it expected that there will be any animation in the Markets until late in thei afternoon, when, in all probability, the contents of the King of the French's Speech relating to the affairs of Belgium will be known, as we have no doubt that the French Ambassador will be in possession of it by the above period, if not already in his possession. Consols may be quoted at the leaving off prices of yes terday—an Z. for the Account ; Reduced, 921 i Ex chequer Bill s , 63 6 5 ; India B on d s , 61: 63 ; Bank . Stock, 2 )02i 203 ; I n di a Stock, 262 263. In the Foreign Market, Spall:ls.h, which closed at 16i opened at 161 i ; Portuguese, 291 ; Three per Cents. 19i ; Brazilian, 77 - i %, Mexican, 2 . 2 i 23 ; Belgian closed at 991 100 ; at pcesent, 991 i--; Dutch Two-and-a-half, 54i- 55 ; Fire per Cents., 100 i. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Sto.k 203 2. 2 ; IndLiStock ............ ........... ---. per cent. Red. 9230(, I Ditto Bonds ..................... pm, 3 per Cent. Cons. 3;•; ? per Cent .--- ; Old Annuities ..................... —. Ditto Red - New :14 per Cent . 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... --. New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire Ditto. .............. 5 , ..0 ...... al 65 pm. Jan. 5,186 a ............... 14 13-I6A Ditto Small ..... .......... 63 65 pm. Oct. 11, 1859 -- Ditto Commercial ......... pm. Jan Jan. 5, 186 ) - Ditto Advertised . .... pm. .5, 18si ................. - Dank Stock for Account ...... --- ! April 3,188 r, - Jan. 5,187 u ................... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds ; Peruvian Bonds... ............... ..... Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds .............. Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto A.ccount Cent..,...,.......... Buenos Ayres Bonds ......... Ditto Account — Ditto Accouot ............ .. 19 Chinon Bonds Otto Account - Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account. ................. Ditto Account - Cohnbiati Bonds, 1824 Danish Bonds . Ditto Bonds, 1834... .... 167, Ditto Account — Ditto Account. .................... - __.— ____French, 45 per cent cceenntt. .................. - . 1 ____ e. Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1t3123 Ditto Account ----- 3 per cent. ......... —e —c Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cent — --- Exchange... ..... ......f . : Ditto Account — Dutch, 2 1 4 per cent.. ........ 5-1, . -- )i Ditto, (3 per Cent. — Ditto Account. ................ .. .. Ditto Account Neapolitan — Ditto Account ..... .... ....... - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid, Per Shate. Rtiymney Iron Mining Company 35 314% Great Western Railway Company . .......... ... 65 7536 Manchester and Birmingham Rai1way.............. 10 10% Colonial Rank 25 LDitto Scrip .. . 25 5.93(, ondon and Westminste r 8ank ........... ............. 20 4 234 London Joint Stock B a nk , 10 3 _HALF...PAST O NE The Monte Video " Journal Universal," of the 17th Sep tember, contains important details connected with the blockade of this port. In that of the 10th is the follow ing correspondence : " Thomas Sam ue l H ood, Es Monte Video, S ep t. 7. q., H. B. Majesty's Constal- General, Monte Video. " SIR-Having in contemplation, conjointly with others, to purchase some of the prize property sent into this port by the French squadron blockading Buenos Ayres, part of which is announced for sale in the Universal' of this date, I take the liberty of requesting your opinion whether this property will be secure against subsequent attachment by its prior owners. (Signed) "EDWARD DE YOUGH." MONTE VIDEO, SEPT. 8. " Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of yesterday, asking my opinion for your in formation, whether prize property sent into this port for sale by the French squadron blockading Buenos Ayres will be secure against subsequent attachment by its previr:,us owners. - " In reply, I have the honour to acquaint you that captured property, sold in a neutral port before con demnation, w ill not , I b e li eve, be safe to purchase, be cause the character of property can onl be eally changed by th e sentence of a competent tribunal l and in g the absence of that indispensable formality, the purchaser can have no title recognizable by the usage of nations, and therefore no security against attachment by the original owners, since the law must always consider it his until con demnation shall have transferred that right to the captors. " Tuos. SAMUEL Hoop, Consul General." The publication of these documents appeared to have caused considerable sensation in Monte Video. To the present hour nothing is known or hinted respect ing the French King's speech, nor is their any - material al teration in the price of Consols. In the morning, they were 937 18, at present a shade lower, 93i ; the only featu re worth notice in th e mar k et i s t h atthe Government Broker purchased about seven thousand Reduced, at 928 ; Exchequer Bills, 63 65 ; India Bonds, nothing done ; Bank Stock, 202 i. Theterda settling of the Foreign 6i ; prt 1 lecounotwugeunetseo,ff yes 2 d 9 u Thrce per Cents., ll ; i y. Spanish Active 19} • Belgian, 99 100 ; Brazili an , 77 9.5 f 26 ;, Mexican, 22f 23 ; D utch Two ndCents., 54-4-i. a 7 8 Scarcely-il ;Colombian , alf per an y business doing in Share s . Great Western, of prem . ; London and WestminsterEßEanok,,ac prem.. Consols for the Account, A3i. The Lady Mayoress arrived on Saturday at the Mansion House, from the Isle of Wight. On Wednesday morning last a labourer, named John Thorrogood, in the employ of Mr. William Spurgin, of Bradwell, met with a fatal accident. Vie was sent to Bradwell water si.'.le with a cart and three horses, when the animals taking fright the cart was turned over upon him, ::Jud he received such severe injury that he survived. the accident only eight hours. Deceased was a most de serving man, and had been in the strvice of his master nearly twenty years, He has left a widow and six chil. dren, on whose behalf a subscription has been commenced. —.4'ssex Herald. visit it with some severity, and th e sentence therefore was, that the prisoner be transported for seven years. ' I Captain Beecher, whose equestrian exploits have been se often recorded in the annals of sporting, was charged by John Reeve, a waiter, with assaulting him. The complain ant stated that about twelve o'clock, last night, he was com ing out of the Sheridan Knowles public-house, in Bridges street, when he happened to touch the defendant's foot, as he was passing with a friend, in a state of intoxication. Ile had scarcely time to say, " Beg your pardon, Sir," when he found himself sprawling in the carriage -way pavement., from the effects of a blow which he received from the defendant for his politcpcSs, and a constable coming up at the time, he was given into custody. The defendant denied that he was in the slightest degree intoxicated, but having received a violent kick in the ankle, from the complainant, as he rushed out of the Elysium, he pushed him off, and he fell into the roadway ; he would be sorry to let any man, or any other animal, dash against him suddenly, without defending himself from injury. A witness who bad been in company with the defendan proved, that neither he nor his friend had been drinkingt and seeing the complainant rush out of such a house in a livery fit for the servant of a nobleman, they thou g h t h e in tended some ha r m, an d hi s friend pushed him off. The defendant said he was so satisfied of his conduct, as he could not imagine what the intentions of the defendant might have been, he had no objection to have the case sent to the Sessions. Mr. MINSHULL expressed himself satisfied that there was : xi° necessity for such a course, and he had no objection to allow the matter to terminate in another way. The parties then retired, and after a short absence they re turned, saying their differences were made up. The defen, dant was consequently discharged.